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DavidFilmer
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(this post was recently made by myself in this thread, but I think it deserves its own discussion)
We are taught that, in heaven, we will possess “glorified bodies” (free from death, disease, and corruption of any kind). But there is no Church teaching that I know of that teaches that we will possess “glorified minds” - ie, significantly greater intelligence or learning capacity.
Modern science understands MANY things that most people cannot comprehend. My wife was a biology major in college, and I helped her learn the Krebs Cycle - a “basic” teaching in biology. Fortunately, I had notes and flash-cards to help her learn, because I was utterly incapable of grasping any part of it myself. The ONLY part of it that I remember is that life forms “uptake” oxygen and sucrose.
I was a math major, and my wife helped me master trigonometric integration in a similar fashion. She could not have ever solved even the most simple problem either then or now.
I never learned the Krebs cycle, and my wife never learned advanced math. As I have grown older, I have developed an interest in quantum physics, and have studied the subject extensively. The Standard Model holds up very well, but the Holographic Principle holds up equally well, and both have been put forward by Nobel Laureate physicists. I doubt that one in 1000 people (and I am not among the one) really understand either theory, and I doubt that one in a million understand one or the other AND the Krebs cycle.
I find nothing in Catholic theology that says that we, in heaven, will have such an intellect that we can properly understand even these very basic things that are known to us on earth RIGHT NOW.
We are taught that, in heaven, we will possess “glorified bodies” (free from death, disease, and corruption of any kind). But there is no Church teaching that I know of that teaches that we will possess “glorified minds” - ie, significantly greater intelligence or learning capacity.
Modern science understands MANY things that most people cannot comprehend. My wife was a biology major in college, and I helped her learn the Krebs Cycle - a “basic” teaching in biology. Fortunately, I had notes and flash-cards to help her learn, because I was utterly incapable of grasping any part of it myself. The ONLY part of it that I remember is that life forms “uptake” oxygen and sucrose.
I was a math major, and my wife helped me master trigonometric integration in a similar fashion. She could not have ever solved even the most simple problem either then or now.
I never learned the Krebs cycle, and my wife never learned advanced math. As I have grown older, I have developed an interest in quantum physics, and have studied the subject extensively. The Standard Model holds up very well, but the Holographic Principle holds up equally well, and both have been put forward by Nobel Laureate physicists. I doubt that one in 1000 people (and I am not among the one) really understand either theory, and I doubt that one in a million understand one or the other AND the Krebs cycle.
I find nothing in Catholic theology that says that we, in heaven, will have such an intellect that we can properly understand even these very basic things that are known to us on earth RIGHT NOW.
